Brush holder



March 24, 1942. 'N LE K 2,277,540

BRUSH HOLDER Filed Sept. 6, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 [Van Ulrl/ March 24, 1942. N. J. CLERK 2,277,540

BRUSH HOLDER Filed Sept. 6, 1941 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 0 IIII'IIIIIII r [Vail 672775 Patented Mar. 24, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BRUSH HOLDER Nan J. Clerk, Detroit, Mich. Application September 6, 1941, Serial No. 409,900

6 Claims.

This invention relates to a brush holder and has relation more particularly to a device of this kind adapted to be placed upon a dressing table or the like to support ahair brush when not in use in a manner to protect the bristles.

The invention has for an object to provide a holder'of this kind which will readily suspend a hair brush in a manner to maintain the bristles of the brush out of contact with the surface of a dressing table or the like and thereby materially prolonging the life of the bristles.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved brush holder whereby certain important advantages are attained, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a brush holder constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention;

Figure 2 is a-detailed sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary View in side elevation of the holder as herein disclosed with a brush mounted thereon;

Figure 4 is a view in perspective illustrating a brush holder constructed in accordance with another embodiment of my invention;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Figure 4, a brush being applied;

Figure 6 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 6-6 of Figure 4.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, my improved holder comprises two elongated members I such as metallic strands of desired gauge and which members I are rigidly secured to each other as by welding, soldering or otherwise as may be preferred. These members I at one end of the holder are continued by the diverging arms 2 of material length and terminating in the upstanding fingers or prongs 3. The members I at the opposite end of the holder are continued by the upstanding arms 4 having their upper eX- tremities continued by the laterally disposed and upwardly curved fingers 5 which coact to provide a supporting bracket for the handle of a hair brush. These fingers 5 as disclosed in the accompanying drawings are preferably flattened.

The members I are positioned between and in close contact with the elongated parallel outer or side members 6 of a length substantially equal to the length of the members I. These members 6 are connected at points spaced therealong by the cross members I which are arranged above and below the members I whereby the members I and 6 may have relative endwise movement so that the holder may be readily adjusted for use in connection with brushes of difierentsizes and more particularly to compensate for variations in the dimensions of the heads of brushes.

The members 6 at the end thereof remote from the arms 4 of the members I are provided with the relatively short diverging arms 8 disposed on substantially the same angle as the arms 2. These arms 8 terminate in upstanding fingers or prongs 9 and are substantially the same length as'the fingers or prongs 3.

The improved holder as hereinbefore described is adapted to be placed upon a dressing table or other supporting surface and a hair brush placed thereon with the bristles of the brush disposed downwardly. The prongs 3 and 9 are of a length in excess of the length of the bristles so that said prongs will readily extend up through the bristles or in close contact'with the head proper of the brush and maintain the brush in a position whereby the bristles are entirely out of contact withthe top surface of a dressing tableor the like. When the hair brush is of a type to include ahandle, the outer portion of the handle is readily engaged with and supported by the arms 5 so that the brush is mounted upon the holderin effective balance.

With the use of the holder as herein disclosed with a hair brush or the like, it is believed to be apparent that the life of the bristles will be materially prolonged as such bristles will be free of contact with the surface of the dressing table or the like and which support also has a sanitary advantage as the brush is kept free of dust and the like collecting upon the surface of the dressing table or the like.

It is also to be noted that the fingers or prongs 3 and 9 are upwardly tapered and are so formed to readily divide the bristles of the brush without injury to said bristles as the brush is placed upon the holder.

It is further to be pointed out that the members I and 6 provide a supporting body or structure that is relatively wide and substantially flat. This is of advantage as by such formation the liability of the device marring or scratching the surface of the dressing table or the like is substantially eliminated.

In the embodiment of the invention as illustrated in Figures 4, 5 and 6, the holder comprises the elongated members 10 substantially in parallelism and spaced apart in a desired distance. These members I are preferably metallic strands of desired gauge and are continued to provide diverging arms ll terminating in the upstanding fingers or prongs l2. Disposed outwardly of and immediately adjacent to each of the members I0 is an elongated member I4, said adjacent members 10 and [4 being welded or otherwise rigidly secured to each other throughout the length of the member I.

Each of the members I4 is of a length less than its associated member I0 and terminates inwardly of the outer end of said member Ill. The outer extremity of each of the members 14 is continued by an outwardly inclined arm l5 terminating in an upstanding finger or prong IS. The arm I is relatively short and is disposed on a more acute angle than the arm ll of the adjacent member lil.

The connected portions of the members l0 and II are arranged between the longitudinal marginal portions of the elongated plates l1 and said members and I4 and plates I! are rigidly connected by welding or otherwise as may be preferred. These connected members 10 and I4 and plates I! provide a longitudinally disposed bore l8 between the members [0 and into which bore freely slides from the rear an elongated shank IS. The inner or inserted end portion of the shank I9 carries an upstanding key which engages within a longitudinally disposed slot 2| at the transverse center of one of the plates l1 and opening at the front or inner end of the plate IT. The outer or extended end portion of the shank I9 is provided with an upstanding arm 22 disposed in the same general direction as the prongs l2 and I6 and the upper or free end portion of this arm 22 is provided with the laterally and oppositely disposed fingers 23, the free end portions being upturned, as at 24. In this second embodiment of my invention, the brush head is rested upon the fingers or prongs I2 and IS, with the bristles downwardly disposed but free of contact of the surface of the dresser or the like, on which the holder may be placed. The handle 25 of the brush B is rested upon the fingers 23. I

By endwise movement of the shank 19 with respect to the plates I1, the length of the holder may be selectively adjusted dependent upon the size and character of the brush to be placed upon the holder.

Either of the holders as herein disclosed may From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a brush holder constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush comprising a body structure to be placed upon a supporting surface, and a plurality of sets of upstanding and transversely spaced prongs carried by the body structure and upon which the head of the hair brush is adapted to be rested, the prongs of one set being spaced apart a distance greater than the space between an adjacent set of prongs.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush comprising a body structure to be placed upon a supporting surface, and upstanding and transversely spaced prongs carried by the body structure and upon which the head of the hair brush is adapted to be rested, said prongs being also spaced apart in a direction lengthwise of the holder.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush comprising a body structure to be placed upon a supporting surface, and upstanding and transversely spaced prongs carried by the body structure and upon which the head of the hair brush is adapted to be rested, said prongs being of a length in excess of the length of the bristles of the brush head supported thereon.

4. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush comprising a body structure to be placed upon a supporting surface, upstanding and transversely spaced prongs carried by the body structure and upon which the head of the hair brush is adapted to be rested, the body structure comprising two sections, and means for assembling the sections for relative endwise adjustment, the prongs being carried by both of the sections.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush having an outstanding handle comprising a body structure to be placed upon a supporting surface, upstanding spaced prongs carried by the body structure and upon which the head of the hair brush is adapted to be rested, and a member carried by the body structure upon which the handle of the brush is to be supported, said body structure and handle supporting member being constructed and arranged in a manner to provide means for adjusting the body structure and the handle supporting member one with respect to the other.

6. As a new article of manufacture, a holder for a hair brush having a handle comprising a body structure to be placed on a supporting surface, said body structure being provided with a bore, upstanding spaced prongs carried-by the body structure upon which the head of the brush is adapted to be rested, a shank slidably engaged within the bore of the body structure, and means carried by the outer end portion of the shank to support the handle of the brush.

NAN J. CLERK. 

